Activation Error – This activation link is expired or have already been used
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Activation Message (This activation link is expired or have already been used) Appears when New or Re-Registered Users Attempt to Activate
Any suggestions or guidance about what’s happening and how to resolve?
Note – See details and logs below.
Also, please note: I have no cache plugins installed.Problem Description
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If a User registers a new account (or re-registers after previous account is deleted), when the [Activate your account] link/button is clicked (within Email),
the following Error message is displayed, “This activation link is expired or have already been used.”Subsequently, within WordPress >> Users page, the new (or registered) user’s status changes from, “Awaiting E-mail Confirmation” to “Approved”
Expected Behavior
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New User Registrations (or user re-registration) Activation message (after clicking [Activate your account] should correctly display,
“Thank you for signing up!
Your account is now active.”Repro Steps
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1) Create a Test User
2) Go to: mydomain_wordpress/registration page
3) Complete Registration Form and click Register button
4) Thankyou for Registering page is displayed
5) Registration Confirmation and Activation (Please activate your account) email is sent
6) Go to WordPress >> Users and confirm that new Test User status shows, “Awaiting E-mail Confirmation”
7) Login into email associated with new Test User and locate “Please activate your account” email
8) Click “Activate your account” link / button
9) Note the Error message, “This activation link is expired or have already been used.” appearsAdditional Details
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– No Caching Plugins are installed (have never been installed)
– Fails on Firefox, Chrome and Opera
– Opera was a new and clean installation
– Deleting Browser Cache & Data on each does not resolve issue
– Clearing UM ‘User Cache’ – does not resolve issueWordpress & Plugin Details
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### Begin Install Info ##### Please include this information when posting support requests ##
— Site Info —
Site URL: https://localhost/g2m_wordpress
Home URL: https://localhost/g2m_wordpress
Multisite: No— Hosting Provider —
Host: DBH: localhost, SRV: localhost
— User Browser —
Platform: Windows
Browser Name: Firefox
Browser Version: 69.0
User Agent String: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Wi
n64; x64; rv:69.0) Gecko/2010010
1 Firefox/69.0—- Current User Details —
Role: administrator
— WordPress Configurations —
Version: 5.2.3
Language: en_US
Permalink Structure: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
Active Theme: Vmagazine 1.1.4
Page On Front: Home (#2578)
Page For Posts: (#0)
ABSPATH: C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\g2m_wordpress/
All Posts/Pages: 90
WP Remote Post: wp_remote_post() works
WP_DEBUG: Disabled
WP Table Prefix: Length: 3, Status: Acceptable
Memory Limit: 40MB— UM Configurations —
Version: 2.0.56
Upgraded From: 2.0.56
Current URL Method:
Cache User Profile: Yes
Generate Slugs on Directories: Yes
Rewrite Rules: Yes
Force UTF-8 Encoding: No
JS/CSS Compression: No
Port Forwarding in URL: No
Exclude CSS/JS on Home: No— UM Pages Configuration —
User:
Account:
Members:
Register:
Login:
Logout:
Password Reset:— UM Users Configuration —
Default New User Role: subscriber
Profile Permalink Base: user_login
User Display Name: full_name
Force Name to Uppercase: No
Redirect author to profile: Yes
Enable Members Directory: Yes
Use Gravatars: Yes
Gravatar builtin image: default
UM Avatar as blank Gravatar: No
Require a strong password: Off— UM Access Configuration —
Panic Key:
Global Site Access: Site accessible to Everyone
Backend Login Screen for Guests: No
Redirect to alternative login page:
Backend Register Screen for Guests: No
Redirect to alternative register page:
Access Control widget for Admins only: No
Enable the Reset Password Limit: Yes
Reset Password Limit: 3Disable Reset Password Limit for Admins: No
Blacklist Words: 8— UM Email Configurations —
Mail appears from: G2M
Mail appears from address: [email protected]
Use HTML for E-mails: Yes
Account Welcome Email: Yes
Account Activation Email: Yes
Pending Review Email: No
Account Approved Email: Yes
Account Rejected Email: Yes
Account Deactivated Email: Yes
Account Deleted Email: Yes
Password Reset Email: Yes
Password Changed Email: Yes— UM Total Users —
All Users(4)
administrator(2)
subscriber(2)
none(0)— UM Roles —
Administrator (administrator)
Editor (editor)
Author (author)
Contributor (contributor)
Subscriber (subscriber)— UM Custom Templates —
N/A
— UM Email HTML Templates —
N/A
— Web Server Configurations —
PHP Version: 7.3.2
MySQL Version: 5.5.5
Web Server Info: Apache/2.4.38 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.1.1a PHP/7.3.2— PHP Configurations —
PHP Memory Limit: 256M
PHP Upload Max Size: 10M
PHP Post Max Size: 8M
PHP Upload Max Filesize: 10M
PHP Time Limit: 30
PHP Max Input Vars: 1000
PHP Arg Separator: &
PHP Allow URL File Open: Yes— Web Server Extensions/Modules —
DISPLAY ERRORS: On (1)
FSOCKOPEN: Your server supports fsockopen.
cURL: Your server supports cURL.
SOAP Client: Your server does not have the SOAP Client enabled.
SUHOSIN: Your server does not have SUHOSIN installed.
GD Library: PHP GD library is installed on your web server.
Mail: PHP mail function exist on your web server.
Exif: PHP Exif library is installed on your web server.— Session Configurations —
Session: Disabled
Session Name: PHPSESSID
Cookie Path: /
Save Path: C:\\xampp\\tmp
Use Cookies: On
Use Only Cookies: On— WordPress Active Plugins —
Access Demo Importer: 1.0.2
amr shortcode any widget: 3.7
Child Theme Configurator: 2.5.0
Elementor: 2.7.1
Page Builder by SiteOrigin: 2.10.10
Ultimate Member: 2.0.56
USP Pro: 3.4
Vmagazine Companion: 1.0.3
VMagazine Elementor Addons: 1.0.1
Widget Importer & Exporter: 1.5.5
WordPress Importer: 0.6.4
WPForms Lite: 1.5.5
WP Mail SMTP: 1.6.2### End Install Info ###
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